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Australia Open completes day 7

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SIXTH seed Alexander Zverev is into the fourth round after a 6-2 7-6(4) 6-2 win over American Alex Michelsen

The German will now face 19th seed Cameron Norrie, the only British singles player left in the tournament.

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Australian Open order of play on Sunday

■ Teenager Noskova stuns top seed Swiatek in Australian Open third round

■ Medvedev motors into fourth round at Melbourne Park

■ French wildcard Cazaux continues to punch above his weight

■ Zheng gets Li surprise after making Melbourne fourth round

■ Azarenka maintains perfect record against Ostapenko to reach fourth round

■ Awesome Alcaraz reaches second week at Melbourne for first time

Ukrainian Elina Svitolina had little trouble in defeating Swiss 31-year-old Viktorija Golubic 6-2 6-3.

The 19th seed will now face Iga Swiatek’s conqueror Linda Noskova in the fourth round.

World number one Iga Swiatek is out of the Open after a 3-6 6-3 6-4 defeat at the hands of 19-year-old Linda Noskova of the Czech Republic.

Noskova, ranked 50 in the world, was appearing in the third round of a major for the first time. It is the first time Swiatek has failed to reach the fourth round of the tournament since her debut there in 2019.

Third seed Daniil Medvedev eased past Canada’s 27th seed Felix Auger-Aliassime 6-3 6-4 6-3.

The Russian, who was taken to five sets in the previous round, will face unseeded Nuno Borges in the fourth round.

Nuno Borges of Portugal defeated Bulgarian 13th seed Grigor Dimitrov 6-7(3) 6-4 6-2 7-6(6).

The 26-year-old, ranked 69 in the world, is now through to the fourth round of a major for the first time in his career.

Cameron Norrie, the 19th seed, took out former world number two Casper Ruud with a 6-4 6-7(7) 6-4 6-3 win to make it to the fourth round of the tournament for the first time.

The 28-year-old is the last remaining British singles player at the tournament.

 ?? Picture: REUTERS ?? Russia’s Anna Kalinskaya reacts during her third round match against Sloane Stephens of the US.
Picture: REUTERS Russia’s Anna Kalinskaya reacts during her third round match against Sloane Stephens of the US.

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